I hear you. Same thing on ebay, why do I have to award someone 5 stars for sending me the stuff I paid for? Yes I bought an item from you. Yes you brought it to the post office the next day and mailed it to me. Yes it arrived a couple of days later in perfect working order. Everything worked AS EXPECTED. I except delivery to be smooth and problem free every time I buy something, that’s 3 stars for as expected. 3 stars isn’t bad, it just means that everything went like it was supposed to, it’s the correct item, description was accurate, delivery was smooth, great.
5 stars are for people that did something extraordinary. Packet got lost in transit, seller put in a huge effort tracking it down and ended up mailing you a new one, free of charge – that’s putting in an extra effort, performing above the expected. I’ll give 5 stars for that.
John uses a reliable parcel delivery service, and is prompt and efficient at delivering his packages. They always arrive on time.
Steve uses a less reliable service, and is very sloppy about marking the boxes properly, and he loses a lot of packages in the mail. However, he will always correct the mistake and pay for his next attempt.
John is the guy I’d want to buy things from, he has his stuff in order. However, you think he only deserves 3 starts for that performance, and if everyone rates like that, his overall score is 3.
Steve, however, meets your criteria for 5 stars a lot of the time. When it does arrive, he would get the “as expected” 3 stars, but whenever he messes up, loses the package, and corrects his mistake, he gets 5 stars, which pushes his average rating higher. So now, because he is less reliable and tends to get packages to you later, he has a better score.
In contrast, delivering the expected item on time can be considered a perfect transaction, and gets 5 stars. If they fail to do this, they get fewer stars. If a package is lost, and they take extraordinary actions to recover it as you said, then they have successfully mitigated the issue, and still get a decent score- maybe a 4.5.
Now, John gets a 5-star rating for his perfect performance, and Steve gets penalized for his inept handling, but since he does correct his issues its not that awful of a score.
That’s actually kind of a d*** move since big time e-bay sellers live by that star rating, and your only example requires someone ELSE to do something.
It’s kind of like if a town has ZERO crime, the cops are doing a crappy job because they never stop a crime.
Hey now, by the time I was in 4th grade, I was the sole person responsible for getting myself to school on time. (Jr. High I did take the bus, but that’s only 2 years.) I walked or rode my bike the rest of grade school and high school. So I did earn my perfect attendances 😛
Kids don’t need trophy’s, kids need caring parents who spend time with them. This type of reward system is like the namby-pamby “everyone’s a winner, no one loses, we don’t keep score” b.s. that started in the 80s. Guess what? Everyone loses sometime or another, best learn how to cope with it. You won’t have perfect attendance at work either, so no sense in preparing for THAT!
Now…trophy’s for awesome comics…that’s one I’d like to see!
I feel like I was riding the crest of that wave of stupidness. People one or two years older than me in school could still fail, but as I went along, the grades I had already completed got stupider and stupider. No wonder all the kids these days are spoiled brats. Now, if they skin a knee, their parents sue someone and the playground gets demolished as a safety hazard.
I got awards for perfect Sunday School attendance for 8 years running. It did me no harm to get an award for it even though it didn’t help keep me a christian. I do know more bible than most XIANS.
Searching edible underwear on Amazon.
Such a thing does exist.
Shouldn’t the second panel say “…are the ones fighting traffic…” instead?
Yep. Good catch.
Perfect attendance means the teacher NEVER gets a break from your brat, either!
Would you care for a bite?
I hear you. Same thing on ebay, why do I have to award someone 5 stars for sending me the stuff I paid for? Yes I bought an item from you. Yes you brought it to the post office the next day and mailed it to me. Yes it arrived a couple of days later in perfect working order. Everything worked AS EXPECTED. I except delivery to be smooth and problem free every time I buy something, that’s 3 stars for as expected. 3 stars isn’t bad, it just means that everything went like it was supposed to, it’s the correct item, description was accurate, delivery was smooth, great.
5 stars are for people that did something extraordinary. Packet got lost in transit, seller put in a huge effort tracking it down and ended up mailing you a new one, free of charge – that’s putting in an extra effort, performing above the expected. I’ll give 5 stars for that.
Consider the two people:
John uses a reliable parcel delivery service, and is prompt and efficient at delivering his packages. They always arrive on time.
Steve uses a less reliable service, and is very sloppy about marking the boxes properly, and he loses a lot of packages in the mail. However, he will always correct the mistake and pay for his next attempt.
John is the guy I’d want to buy things from, he has his stuff in order. However, you think he only deserves 3 starts for that performance, and if everyone rates like that, his overall score is 3.
Steve, however, meets your criteria for 5 stars a lot of the time. When it does arrive, he would get the “as expected” 3 stars, but whenever he messes up, loses the package, and corrects his mistake, he gets 5 stars, which pushes his average rating higher. So now, because he is less reliable and tends to get packages to you later, he has a better score.
In contrast, delivering the expected item on time can be considered a perfect transaction, and gets 5 stars. If they fail to do this, they get fewer stars. If a package is lost, and they take extraordinary actions to recover it as you said, then they have successfully mitigated the issue, and still get a decent score- maybe a 4.5.
Now, John gets a 5-star rating for his perfect performance, and Steve gets penalized for his inept handling, but since he does correct his issues its not that awful of a score.
That’s actually kind of a d*** move since big time e-bay sellers live by that star rating, and your only example requires someone ELSE to do something.
It’s kind of like if a town has ZERO crime, the cops are doing a crappy job because they never stop a crime.
“Just all the more minutes” was my catch phrase growing up. 😀
Of course I was homeschooled so I was never late…
Hey now, by the time I was in 4th grade, I was the sole person responsible for getting myself to school on time. (Jr. High I did take the bus, but that’s only 2 years.) I walked or rode my bike the rest of grade school and high school. So I did earn my perfect attendances 😛
I used to get up early to feed the parrots and dogs so they wouldn’t wake up my mother, and she would oversleep and I’d get a day off school.
I graduated 42 out of 43, and the 43rd guy failed, so things worked out exactly! I didn’t put much stock in school, obviously.
“Five more hours” – yep, that’s me. That always have been me.
Kids don’t need trophy’s, kids need caring parents who spend time with them. This type of reward system is like the namby-pamby “everyone’s a winner, no one loses, we don’t keep score” b.s. that started in the 80s. Guess what? Everyone loses sometime or another, best learn how to cope with it. You won’t have perfect attendance at work either, so no sense in preparing for THAT!
Now…trophy’s for awesome comics…that’s one I’d like to see!
You sir are my new hero.
I feel like I was riding the crest of that wave of stupidness. People one or two years older than me in school could still fail, but as I went along, the grades I had already completed got stupider and stupider. No wonder all the kids these days are spoiled brats. Now, if they skin a knee, their parents sue someone and the playground gets demolished as a safety hazard.
Although, when my stuff makes it through the UPS gauntlet unscathed, I *do* give thanks and credit to the packaging.
I got awards for perfect Sunday School attendance for 8 years running. It did me no harm to get an award for it even though it didn’t help keep me a christian. I do know more bible than most XIANS.
That was me in the 2nd panel (if kids can drive)… I wasn’t just a nerd – I was THAT nerd.
Are you kidding?!
When I was born, I pulled the car around for my MOM at the hospital!! 😀
Guess you can thank your niece with perfect attendance for this strip… 😉
Lies. I walked to school.